Dr Robert Kay

Dr Robert Kay is a Co-founder and Executive Director of Incept Labs, and an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University

Dr Robert Kay is a Co-founder and Executive Director of Incept Labs, and was appointed an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University in 2013.

Dr Robert Kay was formerly the Head of Strategic Innovation at Westpac Banking Corporation; a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Organisational
Development at the University of Technology Sydney; and, a research analyst at Bovis Lend Lease.

Over the last couple of years, he has been commissioned to undertake multiple studies of senior leaders. These include a study on CEOs’ perspectives of
Organisational Resilience; a world first comparison between public and private sector leaders in relation to innovation; and, an examination of the
circumstances under which good governance leads to better performance, commissioned by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

With a career that has continuously moved between industry and academia, Robert is also a sought after speaker, having been a keynote at the last two Australian
Institute of Company Directors conferences. His presentations use an innovative combination of video and storytelling to illustrate complex ideas in
simple and practical ways.

Robert holds a 1st Class Honours Degree in Systems Thinking and a PhD on the application of biological systems theories to improving organisational learning
and resilience.

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